Halfords opinions please

ROO1

Hi guys,

Doing a project on Halfords at the mo. Would you all mind giving me your feedback on their strengths and weaknesses please

Thanks

The Northern Monkey

Potato.

Kowalski675

Strengths - some good bikes at sensible prices. Weaknesses - everything else.

97th choice

Strengths - buying power, high street presence, market share

Weaknesses - customer expectations, low end range dilutes product quality, massive variance in staff skills

coulddobetter

As 97th choice really . Plus for me was the Boardman and have to have to say it was set up perfectly.

Kowalski675

coulddobetter wrote:

As 97th choice really . Plus for me was the Boardman and have to have to say it was set up perfectly.

Guessing you didn't buy it from Harrogate branch then, lol.

Briggo

ROO1 wrote:

Hi guys,

Doing a project on Halfords at the mo. Would you all mind giving me your feedback on their strengths and weaknesses please

Thanks

What sort of project?

stubs

One of the women at my local branch is fitter than a fit bird from fit town, however she is so thick she needs to read the instructions on a bottle of water. Cant understand how a big titted blonde bimbo got the job.

deer_dance

Always got the impression that the bike hut staff are too busy trying to maximise bike sales to provide decent after sales support.

cooldad

Very useful to have around. Especially for car stuff.

The Rookie

stubs wrote:

Cant understand how a big titted blonde bimbo got the job.

Maybe not but as she can get 15-25% off everything in store (plus special access to special deals) she sounds like the perfect GF!

Kowalski675

Is that all the discount they give staff? That's a bit piss poor.

the_prophet

weakness - lack of grease applied to a headset before building a bike up
strength - strong will to save costs where possible

welshkev

weakness: they wouldn't let me buy a bike they had on display, they wanted me to wait a week so they could order one in. i'd checked on line that they had said bike in stock - yes 3 -travelled 20 mins to go and buy it - sorry you can't have it :?

nicklouse

the_prophet wrote:

weakness - lack of grease applied to a headset before building a bike up
strength - strong will to save costs where possible

why did you go to Halfords for a custom build?

or if you are refering to a complete bike bought (Boradman/Vodoo/etc) then they do not build the bikes that is how they come.

Pesky Jones

nicklouse wrote:

or if you are refering to a complete bike bought (Boradman/Vodoo/etc) then they do not build the bikes that is how they come.

If they're not putting enough grease in a the headset, that is still a weakness of halfords regardless of where it is built :?

It's not weaknesses of the staff, it's weaknesses of Halfords

spongtastic

Halfords are the same as any other shop, some are good some are bad.

For example Ipswich Halfords - sh*t, Colchester Halfords - not so sh*t
Ipswich Waitrose - amazing service and they have probably the fittest female supermarket employee I've ever seen, Colchester Waitrose - sh*t and full of mongs don't realise the difference between cockles and mussels.

dhobiwallah

Alive-alive-ho

2 posts and an entirely open question with next to no parameters about halfords? Is this project about market share/customer service/brand recognition/stock selection/pricing?


I smell a troll....

cooldad

Makes no difference, he posted and left. Hasn't been back.

The Rookie

Pesky Jones wrote:

If they're not putting enough grease in a the headset, that is still a weakness of halfords regardless of where it is built :?

The point is that it arrives at Halfords with that already done (forks fitted), so Halfords aren't putting any grease in, it was done at the factory, so blame the factory not Halfords, or is that too hard for you to grasp